Tony Giordano has FOR SALE: a pair of Armstrong Adjustable Shock Absorbers at US$800 and a welded 4.875 diff at US$550.
Contact him by email, or cellphone 001-203-904-3244 in USA
Joe Armour has added a paragraph to his page about Ian Polley and HNX 456D
Can anyone help Anne de Legh with history of her Sebring 32 PPD ? Feedback
Ron Gordon reports that he is making good progress on his restoration of what is believed
to be the car Stirling Moss
raced at Sebring in 1960.
See new photos and info on
the Rob Gordon page
A day with Joe Armour
at his home in NSW Australia
with his Sebring/Le Mans
car, HNX 456D
After 35 years running the MGCC Sprite Midget challenge Larry Quinn has recently stepped down. Now a new series combining classes from the Austin-Healey Club series and that of the MGCC is to be run for 2012 – see poster right
Works Hardtop for sale on ebay …failed to meet reserve so now being offered with a Sprite Mark 2 racer at £1500. Also a Frogeye with Ashley front
ppty of late Keith Hopwood
AN AMAZING PIECE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH
reveals that there were in fact 2 Healey Prototypes
competing at Sebring in 1964 – 770 KNX and 776 KNX
Reid Trummel, editor of Healey Marque in the USA
has kindly sent me a preview of his April issue (left) in which
Baird Foster reveals the unfolding story of 776 KNX.
All of which turns my entry for 770 KNX, which went on to race at Le Mans, on its head ~ and where is that car now? Click here for this fascinating article.
Cover of the April 2012 issue
Jonathan Whitehouse-Bird drew my attention to this car, BTT 92, now
believed to be in Japan. Is it an Archers replica, as it’s not one I know of? Thanks J W-B.
The answer to the question came quickly from Andrew Forster at Archers Garage. A kit originally sold to Howard Hayes in the USA was built up by Ecosse cars and is now owned by Kaneki in Japan.
Anyone know this car?
Hear it is again!
A left hand Armstrong Adjustable shocker on ebay
(9 days to go)
(Thanks to Pierre Lequeux)
Ron Corry has kindly sent me some photos of FEY 678, Alex Postan’s rally Sprite, taken at Gaydon in 2008. See “Your Comments” & FEY 678
During our recent stay in Australia Paul & Gillian Orton kindly put on a barbecue in our honour to which all the SCCA members were invited. There we met Bob Blayden & Neil Blaney, both currently building Sebring Replicas. I gave a brief talk with photos on “My Life with Sprites”. A great day.
Bob Rees kindly sent in this photo (left) taken about 1968 when Gaydon was an RAF airfield used for “lap dashes on the perry track”. The cars appear to be the DHMC works cars 4 HAC and EAC 90C
Speedwell Rev Counter now on ebay (4½ days to go) As fitted to Sprinzel Sebring Coupés (Thanks Jonathan W-B)
Richard Rooks beautiful Speedwell GT ~
I will be preparing a web
page with photos and
its history very shortly.
At Gaydon in the 60s
Dave Matthews sent in this 1962 photo from Tasmania, the hardtop identified by Ray English as by J & S of Sydney (Australia).
Mike Curtis continues to make good progress with his Sebring
Another ebay project
A rare copy of John Sprinzel’s fascinating book
‘Modified Motoring’
can be yours for £45 incl recorded delivery and a Frogeye postcard auto-graphed by Sprinzel himself.
No dealers.
SORRY, NOW SOLD
The last 2 ‘Works’ Sprites are now owned by Steve Coleman in the States. DHMC never raced them due to BMC cancelling their contract. Steve and Reid Trummel (Healey Marque’s) editor have now given permission for me to reproduce the article.
Neil Anderson, my regular contributor from Illinois, USA has sent me this article about Donald Healey’s Sebring/LeMans car – 770 KNX
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This article from Motor Trend in June 1960 tells the story of the Falcon Sprite in glowing terms. Thanks again to Neil for providing a copy.
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